Shakan Pitters and Craig Richards to make up for lost time
AROUND a year after the fight was first mooted,
Shakan Pitters and
Craig “Spider” Richards finally meet this weekend.
Channel 5 televise from Redditch as Birmingham’s Pitters makes the first defence of the British light-heavyweight championship he won by unanimously outpointing Chad Sugden in August. Challenger Richards risks his No. 8 ranking with the WBA. Pitters-Richards was originally set to go ahead at the York Hall on December 19 last year. Terms couldn’t be agreed and Pitters pulled out, so Richards took an eight-rounder with Sugden and was held to a draw.